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we have not performed any unpermitted or suspended permitted work. this is supported by dbi inspectors. and this claim was misrepresented by ms. gallagher in her claim in that she credited special inspections to work, that should have been under a permit but those were in fact inspections of work that is cleared to proceed. second, arguments that were not performing special inspections, her latest detail related to the qualifications of mr. forester, our resident engineer, mr. forester is not in fact performing special inspections, he is performing daily inspections. he is our on-site eyes. whenever a special inspection, as required under the building code, for life, safety, or building related structural issues, are either performed by our on-site certified structural engineer who stamps the drawings, or by a person who is certified through our material testing lab. she continues to argue about the pathways at the summit. this is actually work that is permit exempt. it was discussed at the first hearing. and, you know, we do intend -- i did want to
we have not performed any unpermitted or suspended permitted work. this is supported by dbi inspectors. and this claim was misrepresented by ms. gallagher in her claim in that she credited special inspections to work, that should have been under a permit but those were in fact inspections of work that is cleared to proceed. second, arguments that were not performing special inspections, her latest detail related to the qualifications of mr. forester, our resident engineer, mr. forester is not...
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an illegal unpermitted party occurred september 9th at 3:45 a.m. police responded on report of an assault and reports of a gun. fire was called out. 200-250 people when they finally opened the door came out. i have gone to the manager who owns the building and we talked about that as far as the permit process and they said that would not happen again. september 22nd a victim had her purse stolen, total loss was about $600. september 23rd at club atmosphere, a fight broke out between patrons. there were at least three separate fights going on at this time. the fights spilled out into the alley and police were forced to deploy pepper-spray on the combatants. two brothers were arrested for being drunk in public. there was a battery at monroe. two patrons two, ladies said they were assaulted by the bar tender. and this is one of the situation where's it's very, very helpful to have video. because there are witnesss that said the bartender did this and that. the video showed the opposite. that the bartender was rushed. so as far as getting that in the e
an illegal unpermitted party occurred september 9th at 3:45 a.m. police responded on report of an assault and reports of a gun. fire was called out. 200-250 people when they finally opened the door came out. i have gone to the manager who owns the building and we talked about that as far as the permit process and they said that would not happen again. september 22nd a victim had her purse stolen, total loss was about $600. september 23rd at club atmosphere, a fight broke out between patrons....
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in addition, appellants make unsubstantiated allegations about illegal or unpermitted work. apparently and as mr. elman testified tonight, the appellant went into dbi and filed two xlaipblts complaints with dbi they believe the appellant constructed a roof deck without a permit in 2008. respectfully, having gone to the counter to file that complaint, appellant could have gotten the permit. the fentons have done all the work pursuant to properly issued permits. not having been satisfied with filing the first complaint on the morning of the 15th, appellant's council returned to file a second complaint saying dbi erred in 2001 or 2003 even before the fentons owned the property. even if there were a shred to support this good faith belief, the theory of latches would again prevent them from raising such a xlaipblt complaint at such late date. in the second instance they are complaining about things that happened before the fentons owned the property 9 or 10 years ago without any basis for -- they're just saying the permits were issued, but issued in error. latches would bar this
in addition, appellants make unsubstantiated allegations about illegal or unpermitted work. apparently and as mr. elman testified tonight, the appellant went into dbi and filed two xlaipblts complaints with dbi they believe the appellant constructed a roof deck without a permit in 2008. respectfully, having gone to the counter to file that complaint, appellant could have gotten the permit. the fentons have done all the work pursuant to properly issued permits. not having been satisfied with...
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retaining wall, cannot sustain the kind of pressure that has been brought on it by the nonconforming unpermitted structures. and the kinds of estimates of the pressure, both the lateral pressure and the monen pressure, the lateral pressure at 1 foot height of fill is over 210 percent and over the moment frame it goes up to 250 percent, as i think i've written in my notes. the point is we hope this doesn't come down. there is an over 20,000-pound planter on it with 6 foot trees. none of this is really visible on the plans that were submitted to city planning and when i point it out to them they are rather amazed, they are, gee, that doesn't show it. i hope you can take an interest in this case and help me resolve it. >> thank you for your comments. >> is there any additional public comment? seeing none, item 4, update on the department's issuance of and response to notices of violation. >> good evening, commissioners, ed sweeney, deputy director of permit services. since our last update of the condition of the complaints and notices of violations, like i told you before, we abated approximately 2
retaining wall, cannot sustain the kind of pressure that has been brought on it by the nonconforming unpermitted structures. and the kinds of estimates of the pressure, both the lateral pressure and the monen pressure, the lateral pressure at 1 foot height of fill is over 210 percent and over the moment frame it goes up to 250 percent, as i think i've written in my notes. the point is we hope this doesn't come down. there is an over 20,000-pound planter on it with 6 foot trees. none of this is...
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i am just asking for the appeal for the violation fee of $1700 for the unpermitted removal of the -- tower from the firehouse on 117 broad street that i live in. it was during a rainy season earlier this year. i got the notice in late april, violation i items. and when i met with the -- i met with someone -- i came to the planning department to meet where someone who gave me the violation to find out what he needed to do, and he helped me get through the process and i was aware that i needed the permit when the -- came down because during the storm this year it started raining raining. you provided written statement and pictures. once the workers were up there we were going to flash and fix the -- tower but it was very unstable and not built very well. and so i made a hasty decision to have it taken down, trying to fix something that was broken, and i didn't want it to fall off and i didn't want it to fall off the building. to -- it's in the works now. so i'm just asking to have the violation fee reduced. >> that's a pretty substantial structure. were you aware that you would need a
i am just asking for the appeal for the violation fee of $1700 for the unpermitted removal of the -- tower from the firehouse on 117 broad street that i live in. it was during a rainy season earlier this year. i got the notice in late april, violation i items. and when i met with the -- i met with someone -- i came to the planning department to meet where someone who gave me the violation to find out what he needed to do, and he helped me get through the process and i was aware that i needed...